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Odyssean Institute

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1204794
Status
Registered
Registered
Sept. 19, 2023
Legal form
CIO

Address

Address
32 Brooklands Road
LYTHAM ST. ANNES
Lancashire
FY8 4BW

Activities

We research existential and catastrophic risks, and prepare decision making experiments to contribute to improved policymaking by the public and experts around these.

Objects: The Object Of The CIO Is, For The Public Benefit, To Advance The Education Of The General Public In The Field Of Existential Risk And Global Catastrophic Risk By Adding To The Collective Knowledge And Understanding Of Specific Areas Of Study And Expertise In This Field By:a. Conducting Research And Modelling Around The Risks Of Civilisational Collapse;b. Running Experiments Around The Processes Of Decision-Making Mechanisms And Frameworks; Andc. Establishing Citizen Assemblies Through Which The Charity’s Research And Findings May Be Deliberated And Through Which The General Public May Be Educated And Gain Greater Understanding And Insights. In All Cases Publishing The Useful Results Of That Research.for The Purposes Of This Clause, Existential Risk And Global Catastrophic Risk Refer To Risks Including But Not Limited To Threats Arising From Ecological (including Solar Flares, Major Asteroid Impact, Supervolcanic Eruptions, Extreme Climate Change, And Ecological Collapse), Technological (nuclear Weapons, Artificial Intelligence, Nanotechnology, And Synthetic Biology) And Social (bad Global Governance, Global Systems Collapse, And Global Democratic Retreat) Factors, And The Inherent Connections And Intersections Between These Factors.

Classification

How
Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
What
Education/training, Economic/community Development/employment
Who
The General Public/mankind

Areas of operation

Country
Belgium, Brazil, France, Germany, Netherlands, Taiwan, United States
Region
Throughout England

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
March 31, 2025 £54,416 £26,611
March 31, 2024 £13,288 £9,943

Trustees

Name Appointed
Giuseppe Dal Pra (Chair) Feb. 20, 2023
Dr Catherine Anne Rhodes Sept. 20, 2024
Dr Daniel Hoyer Oct. 2, 2023
Dr Jan Kwakkel Feb. 20, 2023
Paul Ingram Feb. 20, 2023